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Chinese APT Deploys EggStreme Fileless Malware to Breach Philippine Military Systems
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group from China has been attributed to the compromise of a Philippines-based military company using a previously undocumented fileless malware framework called EggStreme. "This multi-stage toolset achieves persistent, low-profile espionage (…)
CHILLYHELL macOS Backdoor and ZynorRAT RAT Threaten macOS, Windows, and Linux Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malware families, including a modular Apple macOS backdoor called CHILLYHELL and a Go-based remote access trojan (RAT) named ZynorRAT that can target both Windows and Linux systems. According to an analysis from Jamf Threat (…)
Microsoft Fixes 80 Flaws — Including SMB PrivEsc and Azure CVSS 10.0 Bugs
Microsoft on Tuesday addressed a set of 80 security flaws in its software, including one vulnerability that has been disclosed as publicly known at the time of release. Of the 80 vulnerabilities, eight are rated Critical and 72 are rated Important in severity. None of the (…)
Apple iPhone Air and iPhone 17 Feature A19 Chips With Spyware-Resistant Memory Safety
Apple on Tuesday revealed a new security feature called Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) that's built into its newly introduced iPhone models, including iPhone 17 and iPhone Air. MIE, per the tech giant, offers "always-on memory safety protection" across critical attack (…)
China-Linked APT41 Hackers Target U.S. Trade Officials Amid 2025 Negotiations
The House Select Committee on China has formally issued an advisory warning of an "ongoing" series of highly targeted cyber espionage campaigns linked to the People's Republic of China (PRC) amid contentious U.S.–China trade talks. "These campaigns seek to compromise (…)
The Time-Saving Guide for Service Providers: Automating vCISO and Compliance Services
Introduction Managed service providers (MSPs) and managed security service providers (MSSPs) are under increasing pressure to deliver strong cybersecurity outcomes in a landscape marked by rising threats and evolving compliance requirements. At the same time, clients want (…)
Watch Out for Salty2FA: New Phishing Kit Targeting US and EU Enterprises
Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms keep evolving, giving attackers faster and cheaper ways to break into corporate accounts. Now, researchers at ANY.RUN has uncovered a new entrant: Salty2FA, a phishing kit designed to bypass multiple two-factor authentication methods (…)
Adobe Commerce Flaw CVE-2025-54236 Lets Hackers Take Over Customer Accounts
Adobe has warned of a critical security flaw in its Commerce and Magento Open Source platforms that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to take control of customer accounts. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-54236 (aka SessionReaper), carries a CVSS score (…)
SAP Patches Critical NetWeaver (CVSS Up to 10.0) and High-Severity S/4HANA Flaws
SAP on Tuesday released security updates to address multiple security flaws, including three critical vulnerabilities in SAP Netweaver that could result in code execution and the upload arbitrary files. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2025-42944 (CVSS score: 10.0) (…)
Axios Abuse and Salty 2FA Kits Fuel Advanced Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks
Threat actors are abusing HTTP client tools like Axios in conjunction with Microsoft's Direct Send feature to form a "highly efficient attack pipeline" in recent phishing campaigns, according to new findings from ReliaQuest. "Axios user agent activity surged 241% from June to (…)
RatOn Android Malware Detected With NFC Relay and ATS Banking Fraud Capabilities
A new Android malware called RatOn has evolved from a basic tool capable of conducting Near Field Communication (NFC) relay attacks to a sophisticated (…)
9 September
The Xen Project has released one or more Xen security advisories (XSAs). The security of Qubes OS is not affected. XSAs that DO affect the security of Qubes (…)
9 September
Salt Typhoon hack affects everyone in US
China-supported hackers have been monitoring US internet infrastructure for years. Now US security experts suspect they might have stolen data from everyone (…)
8 September
The Dark Side Of LLMs For Code Generation
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Sep. 5, 2025 – Read the full story in TechRadar Pro Cybersecurity (…)
5 September